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04.29.2009 5:13 pm

Let’s find reasonable common ground on gun control

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I just don’t get America’s fascination with guns. I’m 61 and grew up watching all the classic Westerns. I was, and still am, a huge fan of John Wayne movies. I have seen more gunfights than the human brain should…

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04.27.2009 5:29 pm

Gun-free campus laws don’t stop criminals

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In a somewhat rambling, and completely illogical letter (Keep students safe: Don’t allow guns on college campuses), Sheila Barge decries the proposal to allow concealed carry on campus. She asks “Is Virginia Tech that far from everyone’s memory?” On the…

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03.30.2009 4:00 pm

Using Mexico’s problems to advance gun restrictions in U.S.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I see where the spokesmen for our government and the mainstream media are blaming the US gun owners for supplying the Mexican drug cartels with firearms. How ridiculous! To suggest I’ve sent two dozen AK-47’s, along with a box of…

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11.17.2008 12:21 pm

Gun proliferation makes it feel like the Wild West

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Human beings are not infallible. We are flawed. Our roadways are littered daily with the evidence of split second decisions. Despite Driver’s Ed, The Rules of the Road, and licensed to drive, many of our decisions are influenced far more…

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07.05.2008 10:28 am

Gun laws don’t proetct law-abiding citizens; guns do

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 Gun laws state-wide protect citizens from violence, according to Rod Blagojevich after the US Supreme Court’s decision striking down DC’s gun ban laws.  “Rose Man” Lee Nixon last week, as Blagojevich spoke, was currently lying in state at Lane Mortuary…

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